FYI, I bought the online Seloc manual supposedly covering my 1990 8hp and it had no information about the rewind starter mechanism. I hope they refund my $20.
I also looked at it for the carburetor and it had very sketchy information on that. Even a simple engine like an 8hp has some...
I have a Model year 1990 Johson 8 HP outboard, Model Number J8RESR. I removed the pull-start rope recoil spring assembly in order to get to the carburetor.
I knew this would be a problem to reinstall as it is on all small engines, however, I figured the repair manual would tell me how to do...